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brew install mdxmini

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overview

Package summary

Plays music in X68000 MDX chiptune format

Project links

Commands and aliases

mdxplay

history

Project history and usage

mdxmini is a small C library and command-line playback package for MDX chiptunes from Sharp X68000 music culture. Its README frames the project around the X68000's YM2151 FM sound chip, PCM support, and the MDX archive ecosystem.

Project history

The project sits in a lineage of MDX players rather than starting as a new file format. The official credits name the original X68000 MXDRV authors, Daisuke Nagano's Unix mdxplay, BouKiCHi's mdxmini library and Android player, and Misty De Meo as the current maintainer for bug fixes and improvements.

The public GitHub tags show a v1.0.0 tag in January 2016 and a v2.0.0 tag in July 2022 whose commit message notes SDL2 by default. That matches mdxmini's role as a preservation-oriented library that modern package managers can build as a conventional Unix command.

Adoption history

Official README adoption evidence is niche but concrete: it lists MDXPLAYER for Android, ruby-mdxplay, Paula, and Modizer as programs using mdxmini. The Homebrew input facts package it as `mdxmini` with an `mdxplay` executable, making the library accessible to users who want quick playback rather than embedding the C API.

How it is used

The README documents using `mdx_open`, `mdx_set_rate`, `mdx_get_length`, `mdx_get_title`, `mdx_get_tracks`, and `mdx_calc_sample` to decode an MDX file into PCM buffers. It also notes that song titles are usually Shift-JIS and that current-note data can support visualizers.

Why package nerds care

For package collectors, mdxmini is the kind of tiny multimedia formula that preserves a specific historical computer-music format behind a normal Unix build. It matters less for breadth than for making X68000 MDX files playable and scriptable on modern machines.

Timeline

2016: v1.0.0 tag appears in the official GitHub repository.
2022: v2.0.0 tag switches the build toward SDL2 by default.

Related projects

MXDRV, Unix mdxplay, MDXPLAYER for Android, ruby-mdxplay, Paula, Modizer, X68000 MDX archives.

Sources

https://github.com/mistydemeo/mdxmini#readme
https://github.com/mistydemeo/mdxmini/tags
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security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`mdxplay`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version2.0.0

manager updated2026-06-18

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv2.0.0

https://github.com/mistydemeo/mdxmini

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:mdxmini
Version	2.0.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mdxmini
Homepage	https://github.com/mistydemeo/mdxmini/
Repository	https://github.com/mistydemeo/mdxmini
Upstream docs	https://github.com/mistydemeo/mdxmini#readme
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://github.com/mistydemeo/mdxmini/archive/refs/tags/v2.0.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-18T02:28:58-04:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	sdl2-compat
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	mdxmini
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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Combined YAML source

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combined/mdxmini.yml

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